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The '''Asian Chess Championship''' is a [[chess]] tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations ([[FIDE]] [[Geography of chess|zones from 3.1 to 3.7]]). It's held with the [[Swiss-system tournament|Swiss system]] and consists in two divisions, Open and Women's, the latter of which is reserved to female players. Both sections determine the Asian champions and qualify a certain number of players for the [[FIDE World Cup]] and knockout [[Women's World Chess Championship]] respectively.

The 2007 championship was a [[FIDE]] Zone 3 qualification event for the [[Chess World Cup 2007|2007 Chess World Cup]], the next stage in the [[World Chess Championship 2010|2010 World Chess Championship]]. Ten players qualified for the 2007 World Cup: [[Zhang Pengxiang]] (China), [[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]] (China), [[Abhijit Kunte]] (India), [[Zhao Jun (chess player)|Zhao Jun]] (China), [[Susanto Megaranto]] (Indonesia), [[Wen Yang (chess player)|Wen Yang]] (China), [[Darwin Laylo]] (Philippines), [[Zhou Jianchao]] (China), [[G. N. Gopal]] (India), [[Hossain Enamul]] (Bangladesh).<ref>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/3-news/1653-144-list-of-qualifiers-for-the-world-cup-2007 List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007] from fide.com</ref>

Ten players qualified for the [[Chess World Cup 2009|2009 Chess World Cup]]: [[Ganguly Surya Shekhar]] (India), [[Zhou Weiqi]] (China), [[Yu Yangyi]] (China), [[Yu Shaoteng]] (China), [[Lê Quang Liêm]] (Vietnam), [[Rogelio Antonio, Jr.]] (Philippines), [[Hou Yifan]] (China), [[Zhou Jianchao]] (China), [[Chanda Sandipan]] (India), and [[Sasikiran Krishnan]] (India).

==Winners==
:{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Nr !! Year !! City !!Winner
|-
| 1 || 1998 || [[Tehran]] || {{flagathlete|[[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]]|Uzbekistan}}
|-
| 2 || 2000 || [[Udaipur]] || {{flagathlete|[[Xu Jun]]|China}}
|-
| 3 || 2001 || [[Kolkata]] || {{flagathlete|[[Xu Jun]]|China}}
|-
| 4 || 2003 || [[Doha]] || {{flagathlete|[[Krishnan Sasikiran]]|India}}
|-
| 5 || 2005 || [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]] || {{flagathlete|[[Zhang Zhong]]|China}}
|-
| 6 || 2007 || [[Cebu City]] || {{flagathlete|[[Zhang Pengxiang]]|China}}
|-
| 7 || 2009 || [[Subic Bay Freeport Zone]] || {{flagathlete|[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]|India}}
|-
| 8 || 2010 || [[Subic Bay Freeport Zone]] || {{flagathlete|[[Ni Hua]]|China}}
|-
| 9 || 2011 || [[Mashhad]] || {{flagathlete|[[Pentala Harikrishna]]|India}}
|-
| 10 || 2012 || [[Ho Chi Minh City]] || {{flagathlete|[[Parimarjan Negi]]|India}}
|-
| 11 || 2013 || [[Manila]] || {{flagathlete|[[Li Chao (chess player)|Li Chao]]|China}}
|-
| 12 || 2014 || [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]] || {{flagathlete|[[Yu Yangyi]]|China}}
|-
| 13 || 2015 || [[Al Ain]] || {{flagathlete|[[Salem A. R. Saleh]]|UAE}}
|-
| 14 || 2016 || [[Tashkent]] || {{flagathlete|[[S.P. Sethuraman]]|India}}
|-
| 15 || 2017 || [[Chengdu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}}
|-
| 16 || 2018 || [[Makati]] || {{flagathlete|[[Wei Yi]]|China}}
|-
| 17 || 2019 || [[Xingtai]] || {{flagathlete|[[Le Quang Liem]]|Vietnam}}
|}

==Women's winners==
:{| class="sortable wikitable"

|-
| 1 || 1981 || [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]] || {{flagathlete|[[Rohini Khadilkar]]|India}}
|-
| 2 || 1983 || [[Kuala Lumpur]] || {{flagathlete|[[Rohini Khadilkar]]|India}}
|-
| 3 || 1985 || [[Dhaka]] || {{flagathlete|[[Anupama Gokhale]]|India}}
|-
| 4 || 1987 || [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]] || {{flagathlete|Anupama Gokhale|India}}
|-
| 5 || 1991 || [[Bhopal]] || {{flagathlete|[[Bhagyashree Thipsay]]|India}}
|-
| 6 || 1996 || [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] || {{flagathlete|[[Tamin Upi Darmayana]]|Indonesia}}
|-
| 7 || 1998 || [[Kuala Lumpur]] || {{flagathlete|[[Xu Yuhua]]|China}}
|-
| 8 || 2000 || [[Udaipur]] || {{flagathlete|[[Hoang Thanh Trang]]|Vietnam}}
|-
| 9 || 2001 || [[Chennai]] || {{flagathlete|[[Li Ruofan]]|China}}
|-
| 10 || 2003 || [[Kozhikode]] || {{flagathlete|[[Humpy Koneru]]|India}}
|-
| 11 || 2004 || [[Beirut]] || {{flagathlete|[[Wang Yu (chess player)|Wang Yu]]|China}}
|-
| 12 || 2007 || [[Tehran]] || {{flagathlete|[[Tania Sachdev]]|India}}
|-
| 13 || 2009 || [[Subic Bay Freeport Zone]] || {{flagathlete|[[Zhang Xiaowen (chess player)|Zhang Xiaowen]]|China}}
|-
| 14 || 2010 || [[Subic Bay Freeport Zone]] || {{flagathlete|[[Atousa Pourkashiyan]]|Iran}}
|-
| 15 || 2011 || [[Mashhad]] || {{flagathlete|[[Harika Dronavalli]]|India}}
|-
| 16 || 2012 || [[Ho Chi Minh City]] || {{flagathlete|[[Irine Kharisma Sukandar]]|Indonesia}}
|-
| 17 || 2013 || [[Manila]] || {{flagathlete|[[Huang Qian]]|China}}
|-
| 18 || 2014 || [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]] || {{flagathlete|[[Irine Kharisma Sukandar]]|Indonesia}}
|-
| 19 || 2015 || [[Al Ain]] || {{flagathlete|[[Mitra Hejazipour]]|Iran}}
|-
| 20 || 2016 || [[Tashkent]] || {{flagathlete|[[Bhakti Kulkarni]]|India}}
|-
| 21 || 2017 || [[Chengdu]] || {{flagathlete|[[Vo Thi Kim Phung]]|Vietnam}}
|-
| 22 || 2018 || [[Makati]] || {{flagathlete|[[Padmini Rout]]|India}}
|-
| 23 || 2019 || [[Xingtai]] || {{flagathlete|[[Dinara Saduakassova]]|Kazakhstan}}
|}

==See also==
* [[World Chess Championship]]
* [[Asian Senior Chess Championship]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* Selected tournament results [http://www.sportsbharti.com/Chess/Chess-Asian%20Championship(individual).htm 1981-2005]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* Tournament report of edition [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000122/sports.htm#7 2000], [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111221749/http://www.vietnamchess.com/Tournament/Inter/2001/Asia%20men%203.htm 2001], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516061452/http://www.chathurangam.com/abroad2k3/doha.asp 2003], [https://web.archive.org/web/20071028094622/http://www.indianchessfed.org/5thAsianMICC/final.asp 2005], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic673.html#6 2007], [http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2009/ganguly-asian-continental 2009]
* Results women's championship [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027103451/http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/6485/index.html 1981-1996], [http://chesscolumn.20m.com/1998/98apr24.html 1998], [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000122/sports.htm#7 2000], [https://web.archive.org/web/20020321122335/http://hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/13/stories/07130204.htm 2001 ][https://web.archive.org/web/20071111221916/http://www.vietnamchess.com/Tournament/Inter/2003/asianwomen.htm 2003], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic529.html#11 2004], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic672.html#7 2007]
* Complete standings from Chess-Results.com: [http://chess-results.com/tnr8048.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30&wi=821 2007 (Open)], [http://chess-results.com/tnr7855.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30&wi=821 2007 (Women)] [http://chess-results.com/tnr21903.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11&wi=821 2009], [http://chess-results.com/tnr33151.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 2010], [http://chess-results.com/tnr49118.aspx?lan=1 2011 (Open)], [http://chess-results.com/tnr49119.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 2011 (Women)], [http://chess-results.com/tnr70397.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30&wi=821 2012], [http://chess-results.com/tnr131359.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 2014], [http://chess-results.com/tnr182542.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 2015], [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr222019.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 2016]
* Asian Continental 2013 in THE WEEK IN CHESS: [http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic969.html#25 2013]

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